WEEKLY SUMMARY: During the week of December 5-11, deputies responded to 1,519 calls for service throughout the community.

THEFT: Someone stole a 12' by 20' white canopy tent worth $1200 from a worksite on 17th Street near the bay in Chesapeake Beach. The theft occurred sometime between December 4 and 5. Anyone with information is asked to contact DFC R. Kreps at 410-535-2800.

DRUG ARREST: On December 6 at 10:46 p.m. Dep. A. Mohler conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Md. Rt. 4 southbound near H.G. Trueman Road in Lusby. After making contact with the driver who initially gave a false name and date of birth, Dep. Mohler found her to be in possession of suspected drugs. He arrested Tracey Doreen Foote, 47 of Lusby, and charged her with possession of Oxycodone, possession of Zolpidem Tartrate, possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, a pill grinder and making a false statement to a peace officer.

THEFT: On December 9 at 3:33 a victim advised DFC J. Windsor that someone had stolen her wallet out of her purse while she shopped at the Prince Frederick Giant. The suspect(s) then used the victim's credit card at a nearby store to charge $1800 in merchandise. Anyone with information is asked to contact DFC Windsor at 410-535-2800.

THEFT: Unknown suspect(s) stole stainless steel and metal objects from the yard of a home on Buckler Road in Huntingtown on December 10 between 11:00 a.m. and noon. Metal car ramps, a Summit tree stand, and metal trellises were among the items taken. DFC D. Deakins is investigating.

BURGLARY: Someone burglarized a home on Chavez Lane in Chesapeake Beach sometime between December 5 and 11 and stole about 80 feet of copper piping that was currently in use in the house. An unknown tool was used to cut the pipe. Dep. J. Parsons is investigating.

TRESPASS: On December 11 at about 10:00 p.m. Cpl. A. Moschetto arrested Teresa Hughes Giles, 49 of Lexington Park, and charged her with trespass and hindering a police officer after she refused to leave an acquaintance's home on Stirrup Lane in Lusby. Cpl. Moschetto was able to get Giles into his squad car to return her to St. Mary's County when she began to appear to drift in and out of consciousness. An ambulance was called and Giles was transported to CMH where she refused treatment and laughed to the nurses that she had avoided arrest. Cpl. Moschetto responded to the hospital and arrested Giles.

SERIOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT: On November 29 at approximately 8:39 p.m., members of the Sheriff's Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team were dispatched to the area of Plum Point Road and Tobacco Road in Huntingtown for the report of a single motor vehicle crash involving injuries. Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2008 GMC Yukon operated by Brian Keith Rader, 23 of Huntingtown, was traveling east bound on Plum Point Road approaching Tobacco Road. For reasons unknown at the time of this press release, the vehicle left the roadway and subsequently made contact with a guard rail. The vehicle continued to travel in the easterly direction straddling the guard rail. The vehicle ultimately struck a tree causing the vehicle to roll over and come to rest in the west bound lane of Plum Point Road prior to Tobacco Road. Rader was subsequently transported via ambulance by ground to Baltimore Shock Trauma in critical condition.